1 Corinthians 7:6

Geneva Bible (1560)

But I speake this by permission, not by commandement.

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  • 2 Cor 8:8 : 8 This say I not by commaundement, but because of the diligence of others: therefore prooue I the naturalnesse of your loue.
  • 1 Cor 7:12 : 12 But to ye remnant I speake, & not ye Lord, If any brother haue a wife, ye beleeueth not, if she be cotent to dwell with him, let him not forsake her.
  • 1 Cor 7:25 : 25 Nowe concerning virgines, I haue no commaundement of the Lorde: but I giue mine aduise, as one that hath obtained mercie of the Lord to be faithfull.
  • 2 Cor 11:17 : 17 That I speake, I speake it not after the Lord: but as it were foolishly, in this my great boasting.

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    9 But if they cannot abstaine, let them marrie: for it is better to marrie then to burne.

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    26 I suppose then this to bee good for the present necessitie: I meane that it is good for a man so to be.

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    4 The wife hath not the power of her owne bodie, but ye husband: & likewise also the husband hath not ye power of his own body, but the wife.

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